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1918

Edwin Robert Gilbert Peacock

17 August 2015 by SWM

E. R. G. Peacock
Service no. 3261
Serjeant, Machine Gun Corps, 17th Battalion, formerly 18320 Royal Fusiliers
Born at Southend, Essex; enlisted at Clapham
Died of wounds on 3 September 1918, at about age 27
CWGC: “Son of E. M. Peacock, 38 Gaskill Street, Clapham, London.”
Remembered at Varennes Military Cemetery, France

Information from the censuses

Edwin Robert Gilbert Peacock, 20, was a stone mason. He boarded with the Smith family at 24 Lingham Street. Charles Smith, 50, was a stone mason from Portland, Dorset. His wife, Alice Selina, 53, was from Lambeth. They had two children: George Arthur, 19, a clerk, and Alice Mary Smith, 15. Alfred Dance, a 40-yea-old single painter, also boarded.

In 1901 Edwin Peacock was a 10-year-old and living at 13 Anns Road, Anns Terrace, Prittlewell in Essex. His 49-year-old father, Charles C. Peacock was a corporation dust inspector from Bethnal Green, east London, his mother, Ellen M. Peacock, 49, was born in St Pancras. Four sons were registered:
Walter S. Peacock, 19, was a furniture porter, born in Bermondsey
John H. Peacock, 15, was a bread baker, born in St Lukes, London
Albert E. Peacock, 13, worked for a fruiterer and greengrocer, born in Camberwell
Edwin R. G. Peacock, 10
Lottie Patrick, 4, described as granddaughter, also lived there, as did a boarder, Alfred Barfield, 70, born in Ipswich, Suffolk and “living on his own means”

Filed Under: P names, Stockwell War Memorial Tagged With: 1918, age 27, DOW, France

Charles Frederick Parker

16 August 2015 by SWM

Charles Frederick Parker
Charles Frederick Parker © Ray Coleman

C. F. Parker
Service no. 142427
Private, Machine Gun Corps (Infantry), 34th Coy.
Killed in action 21 March 1918, aged 34
Remembered at Arras Memorial, France

Charles Frederick Parker was born on 23 November 1884 at 95 Dunnetts Road, St Pauls, Deptford (later, on various censuses his birthplace is given as Peckham and Deptford). He was one of 10 children born to William James Parker, an engineer originally from Liverpool, and Elizabeth Emma Rutt from Southwark, south London.

William and Elizabeth married on 21 October 1871 at Christ Church, Blackfriars. In common with many families at the time, they moved frequently, probably following work around London.

We can trace their movements from the censuses: In 1881 they lived at 13 Upper Winchester Street in Islington; in 1891 they were at 115 Bridge Street, Greenwich; in 1901 they were at 31 Foreign Street, Camberwell and by 1911, aged 68 and 59, they were in Southend on Sea, living with two of their three surviving children.

On October 15 1905 William and Elizabeth’s son Charles, aged 20, and Daisy Laura Hales, 21, married at Christ Church, Blackfriars (the church where William and Elizabeth had married). Daisy’s address was given on the marriage certificate as 32 Collingwood Street (now Columbo Street)* and Charles was living at 48 Brunswick Street (off Stamford Street). Daisy was born in Highgate, the daughter of a journeyman baker, James Hales.

However, in 1901, according to the census, Daisy was living at 2 Redan Terrace, near Elam Street, on the Camberwell/Brixton borders*. Elam Road is adjacent to Foreign Street, where Charles Frederick Parker was living. It seems likely that this was when and where Charles and Daisy, who were both 16 in 1901, met. The 1901 census gives Charles’ occupation as “repairer of bicycle tyres”.

Charles Frederick Parker
Charles Frederick Parker © Ray Coleman

The picture of the Parker family was taken on 10 September 1916 and shows Charles in his uniform with Daisy and their two children, Elsie and William (Bill). Eighteen months later, Charles was dead.

The 1911 census shows that Charles and Daisy Parker were living in two rooms on the Blackfriars Peabody Estate (Block Q) with their daughter, Elsie Daisy Parker, then aged 2. Charles was working as an assistant stationary engineerman.

When Charles joined up he was employed by the London Hydraulic Company as an engineer. Before electricity became the primary source of power, heavy lifting was carried out using high pressure water piped underground. Probably its most famous application was to lift the bascules of Tower Bridge.

Charles enlisted in the Royal Field Artillery (Service no 2578) in Brixton before transferring to the 34th Company Machine Gun Corp (Infantry) as number 142427.

This faded picture, taken on 4 February 1917, shows Charles recovering from trench foot at The Cardiff Soldiers’ Rest, St Mary Street, Cardiff. Trench foot is caused by continuous immersion in water. If untreated, trench foot could turn gangrenous and result in amputation. The water table was often less than one metre below the surface and digging in, to avoid shells and bullets, often meant living in mud. Despite this, British commanding officers, unlike their German counterparts, refused to give up any ground, however unsuitable.

Charles Frederick Parker
Charles Frederick Parker in hospital

‘Operation Michael’, the momentous German counter-offensive known as the ‘Kaiser’s Battle’ (and sometimes as the Second Battle of the Somme, since to some extent it took place on the same territory), was launched along a 50-mile front at dawn on 21 March 1918, following a massive preliminary bombardment. The Germans broke the British lines in several places and the 34th Machine Gun Corps found itself virtually surrounded.

Charles Frederick Parker died that day. Unfortunately, his grave was among those which the Army Graves Service was unable to trace after the war and he is therefore commemorated on Bay 10 of the Arras Memorial, France.

Postcardsfront
© Ray Coleman
Postcardsback
© Ray Coleman

While away at the Front, Charles sent these beautiful postcards to his family. They are a poignant reminder of the contrast of worlds between the War and home life. While Charles was no doubt faced with unspeakable horrors he found time to send back these sweet and special greetings to his wife and young family.

Elsie points to her father's listing in the Book of Remembrance at Arras Memorial in France
Elsie points to her father’s listing in the Book of Remembrance at Arras Memorial in France © Ray Coleman
David at Stockwell War Memorial
David at Stockwell War Memorial © Ray Coleman

The families left behind

Charles’s daughter Elsie, who was married in St Andrew’s Church, Landor Road, London SW9, visited Arras with two of her grandchildren.

Many thanks to Ray Coleman for family information and use of material.
All family assets relating to Charles Parker are copyright Ray Coleman. All rights reserved.

* Collingwood Street was next to Christ Church, Blackfriars (behind the railings in the picture on the left), but has now been replaced by Columbo Street. The cottages have been replaced by a pub (the brick building in the engraving) and a sports centre. Elam Street survives but most of the surrounding streets do not, the area having been extensively redeveloped after World War II.

Many thanks to Ray Coleman for family information and use of material.
All family assets relating to Charles Parker are © Ray Coleman. All rights reserved.

Filed Under: Featured, P names, Stockwell War Memorial Tagged With: 1918, age 34, France, KIA

John Packer

16 August 2015 by SWM

J. Packer
Service no. G/17678
Private, Royal Fusiliers, 4th Battalion
Killed in action age 28 on 26 March 1918
Born in Battersea; enlisted in Southwark; lived in Wandsworth
CWGC: “Son of the late Joseph and Mary Ann Packer; husband of Lily Cecilia Packer, of 2 Heyford Terrace, South Lambeth Road, London.”
Remembered at Arras Memorial, France

Information from the 1911 census

John Packer, 21 in 1911, was a carman. He was born in Battersea and lived with his widowed father, Joseph Packer, 59, a grocer from Chelsea, brother George Packer, 18, a clerk, and sister Elizabeth Packer, 29, who kept house for the family. Joseph Packer and his deceased wife Mary Ann had had 11 children, of whom eight survived. The Packers occupied 5 rooms at 4 Currie Street, Battersea.

John Packer married Lily Cecilia Baker on Christmas Day 1914 at All Saints Church, South Lambeth. John Packer’s father had died by then.

Filed Under: P names, Stockwell War Memorial Tagged With: 1918, age 28, France, KIA

George Frederick Osborne

16 August 2015 by SWM

G. F. Osborne
Service no. 48694
Rifleman, Rifle Brigade (Prince Consort’s Own), formerly 35391, Royal Engineers (Postal Section).  Posted to London Regiment (Post Office Rifles)
Born in Lambeth; enlisted in London; lived in Clapham
Died of wounds on 10 July 1918, aged 23
CWGC: “Son of Lydia Osborne, of 110 Dorset Road, Clapham Road, London.”
Remembered at Pernois British Cemetery, Halloy-les-Pernois, France

Information from the censuses

George Frederick Osborne, 15 and working as a telegraph messenger for the General Post Office (GPO), is found on the 1911 census living at 7 Bolney Street, South Lambeth, where his family had five rooms. His father, George Lewis Osborne, 36, was a plasterer’s labourer; he was born in Lambeth, as was his wife, Lydia Osborne, 35. The couple had five children, all born in Lambeth: George Frederick, 15; Alfred James, 12, at school and working as a milk boy; Thomas John Osborne, 11, William Frederick, 3; Florence Maud, 6 months. Joseph Alfred Wyld, 35, a carman in the newspaper trade, boarded with the family. In 1901 George and his family lived at 41 Vine Cottages, Bond Street.

Filed Under: O names, Stockwell War Memorial Tagged With: 1918, age 23, DOW, France

George Ormond

16 August 2015 by SWM

G. Ormond
Service no. G/37729
Private, Royal Fusiliers, 11th Battalion
Born in Lambeth; enlisted in London; lived in Clapham
Killed in action on 30 September 1918, aged 22
CWGC: “Son of Mrs H. Ormond, of 56, Larkhall Lane, Clapham, London.”
Remembered at Unicorn Cemetery, Vend’huil, France, and at Waterloo Station, London

Information from Shani Wheatley

George Ormond was born in 1896. Before joining the Army, he was a van shifter working on the railway.

George’s father was William Ormond (born 1850 in Tolpuddle, Dorset. His mother was Harriet Norris (born 1858 at Fordington, Dorset). William and Harriet married in lambeth in 1877. William worked on the railway as a porter.

William’s grandfather was James Orman (born 1822 born the Hampreston or possibly the Horton area of Dorset) and his grandmother was Mary Wey (born 1830, Dorset). She is listed as Orman on the Births, Marriages and Deaths index but was buried as Mary Wey Ormond on 19 June 1851. As spelling was sometimes a hit-or-miss affair, these changes of spelling were not unusual.

Members of the Ormand family have traced their tree back to 1556, mainly from to parish records and visiting the area.

Filed Under: O names, Stockwell War Memorial, Waterloo Station Tagged With: 1918, age 22, France, KIA

Ernest Frederick Oehring

16 August 2015 by SWM

E. F. Oehring
Service no. 71553
Private, Machine Gun Corps (Infantry), 142nd Coy.
Enlisted at Camberwell; lived in Brixton
Killed in action at age 21 on 11 January 1918
CWGC: “Son of Frederick Ambrose and Alice Hannah Oehring, of 85, Ferndale Rd., Clapham, London.”
Remembered at Thiepval Memorial, France

Information from the censuses

In 1911 14-year-old Ernest Frederick Oehring was working an engraver’s errand boy. He lived at 85 Ferndale Road, Clapham, where his family had 7 rooms.  His father, Frederick Oehring, 44, was a bookbinder’s finisher, born in Lambeth. Alice Oehring, Ernest’s mother, 38, was also from Lambeth. The couple had two children, Ernest, who was born in Walworth, and Winifred Oehring, 10, born in Lambeth.

In 1901 the Oehring family lived at 29 Knowle Road.

Frederick A. Oehring’s father was also called Frederick A. Oehring. Frederick senior was a tailor born in Leipzig, Saxony and was described in the 1891 census as a “naturalised British subject”. He was 63. His wife, Caroline Oehring, was 54 and born in Lambeth. The family lived at 4 Pownall Terrace, off Kennington Road.

Filed Under: O names, Stockwell War Memorial Tagged With: 1918, age 21, France, KIA

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